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What are the starting points ?

• Two associations
• with a similar structure (for example two non profit volunteer associations),
• being of equal scale and strength (not one big and one small organisation),
• working in a comparable area (for example a town, a province, a region or a national association - no twinning between a local association and a national association, this doesn't work because of the difference of scale and scope),
• having similar aims
• and working on similar topics (for example two associations both trying to preserve a steam engine)

• Two associations
• that have a mutual wish to enrich their association through international contacts and partnerships
• understanding each other’s culture and way of thinking and acting (this can take some time !)
• understanding each other's language or being able to use a common ‘neutral’ intermediate language